Hello from the other side....
 

Of the Pond that is.

I am new to this group, I have been hiding in other areas of the community for the last year and a half or so.

My name is Caireen (Kay-reen) and I am 27 from the south west coast of Scotland and I have only just came across this group for some reason.

I have been one of those girls who was always a bit chubby, tom boy who always had lad mates, always played some sort of sport, yet at 10 when I became a vegetarian I completely ruined my body by over eating on carbs. Back then no one knew what was in their food, no one was really clued up on healthy eating so I blame the 90's for that :dizzy:

I think I have always been on a diet, I have lost weight, then put it back on and lost it again. I was never strong enough to tell my family that my body reacts different to the food that we were eating. They all stayed skinny, yet I would gain. At 27 years old, I now feel educated enough on food and my own body, to make this my last ever life changing weight-loss attempt. It is not a diet! it is a complete life change! :carrot:

I started in January at 323lbs my heaviest ever weight. My plan was to lose one pound a week, slow and steady wins the race! During my final 6 weeks of university I maintained which set me back, however I am back with a vengeance. I am 22 lbs down and I have a long race ahead of me.

I hope to get to know you all more :D

Caireen:D

A big warm welcome to you Caireen!! :D

I'm from America myself, and have been off and on posting here since 2010. It's a good place with a lot of like-minded individuals. Also, my name is Katlyn :)

Do you have a certain diet/exercise plan you are working with?

Hey Scotsgal I think I remember your username; we both joined about a year ago! It was way more active then; things seemed to have slowed down around here. But I have recently started back on my diet after I basically took spring and the first part of summer off. Good luck! Restarting is hard but it is step 1...:cool:

Davi Thank you! I use My fitness pal, I used to go to curves gym, but I am a drummer and I have injured both of my elbows over the last year and I am awaiting surgery, so this makes working out on the curves machines quite difficult. Just now I walk with the dog and try and do some mat exercises. It is mostly food control at the moment. I have it set to 1450calories, but daily I am usually around 1200-1350. What about yourself?

HaveDWD YES! I recognise your name and avatar picture! you are right about this place being a lot more quiet, it is nice to see that there are still people around though, it was always a nice mix of people in this forum. I have one girl on my whatsapp who I met on here, we keep each other motivated daily and it is great, even to see picture updates of our losses and gains.

I have a best friend getting married in june 2017, one getting married in november 2017 and my sister is getting married in april 2018. I refuse to not look absolutely fantastic in the pictures lol So it is time to loose it all!

What kind of plans are you both on?

hello, im currently living just outside Edinburgh so on the same side of the pond.
I can relate to your post however, im not supposed to be lurking here now that im 31 (ducks behind a cushion) but i tend to just view new posts so i see whats going on everywhere. I just had to reply - hope thats ok.

My dad has been the same weight since he was 14 give or take 7lbs when hes ill/well. My sister has always been tiny - size 8's are too big but she refuses to wear 6's most of the time too - i think they would also be too big. She claims to weigh 7 and a half stone but looks closer to 6.

Im not veggie but i really started to gain weight about the same age as you - particularly when i hit my teens - lots of white bread and pasta. i would have a whole packet of cheesey pasta as a snack. i tried to be a tomboy but because my older sister was and my mum wanted a girly girl i wasnt really allowed to be who i was which turned me to food.

Any ways, good luck and keep going.

Cheryl x


P.S mini babybell are awesome

Rechyl I too am techinically "not supposed" to be here, I am 30! But I joined when I was 29 and was most activehere...

Scotsgal Calorie counting mostly. I try to do 1,000 to 1,200 plus unlimited raw veggies. I eat vegetarian, including eggs occasionally.

I am not actually vegi anymore, I was for about 3 or 4 years which was enough to destroy my body at the right time (or wrong time) in me growing into a teenager. I still don't really eat red meat unless it is mince or in a burger. I'm a turkey and fish kind of Gal :D I love veggies though. Don't worry about the slightly older ages, I wont tell anyone lol.

Rechyl That's awesome that you are just about a 2 hour drive or so from me, I live in Ayr. Its shame that you felt that you didn't get to be yourself when you were growing up. I played with cars and chopped dolly's hair off lol. My mum had 3 bothers, so she herself isn't very girlie either. At 13 I even joined the Army cadets which allowed me to run around the fields with automatic weapons with blanks in them. I hope that you now feel that you can be yourself. I have got a lot more girlie the older I get, a night out includes a dress, makeup, maybe hair extensions and a possible heel. But I am still a tom boy who gets wrestled by her 6 boy best mates from time to time.

what kind of exercise do you guys get in weekly?